“To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow.” — Metrodorus, 4th c BC Greek philosopher

“Heaven and earth are large, yet in the whole of space they are but as a small grain of rice. How unreasonable it would be to suppose that, besides the heaven and earth which we can see, there are no other heavens and no other earths.” — Teng Mu, 13th c AD Chinese philosopher

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:39:28 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)

An alien species masters interstellar space travel of millions of light years. Avoids collisions with debris, asteroids, the effects of solar radiation, calculates course adjustments for black holes, pulsars, quasars, acceleration and deceleration, manages to hydrate and feed themselves during all this process of coming to our planet, and during the last 100 feet of travel they need to turn on bright lights to see where they are going to find someone's rectum?

It's a story so often repeated I'm really quite confused over alien intelligence?

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:40:33 PM PDT
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

Seriously? The astronauts and cosmonauts, thousands of pilots, ship’s captains and crews, military servicemembers of many nations, air police, fishermen, law enforcement and so many others? They all suffer from mental illness? Think about it.

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:43:56 PM PDT
by 2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)

I remember one night I was fishing and my dog was lying on the bank next to me, all of a sudden he was gone, then he returned, I asked where have you been, he said I was abducted by aliens...he never spoke again after that.

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:45:24 PM PDT
by PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)

Then why no better stories? There are trail cameras and dashcams, and thousands of cameras running 24/7 in every little hamlet on this globe. Even walks in the woods catches everything on trail cameras. Last told there were over 36,000,000 trail cameras purchased in this country. They are out there snapping away morning / noon/ and night and no Bigfoots, aliens, DB Cooper, or Jimmy Hoffa SR.

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:54:43 PM PDT
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

Another common smear is that UFO abductees are always ignorant inbred hicks (which isn’t true, obviously); Aristotle claimed the same kind of thing about eyewitnesses of meteorite arrivals, because, y’know, stones can’t fall from the sky, he sez so.

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posted on 10/15/2013 7:58:04 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)

Note that this topic is about Bigfoot, DB Cooper, or Jimmy Hoffa; regardless, the existence of photos and videos of UFOs is irrelevant — those have been, still are, and always will be rejected out of hand and ridiculed, by exactly the same people.

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posted on 10/15/2013 8:00:56 PM PDT
by SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)

> An alien species masters interstellar space travel of millions of light years. Avoids collisions with debris, asteroids, the effects of solar radiation, calculates course adjustments for black holes, pulsars, quasars, acceleration and deceleration, manages to hydrate and feed themselves during all this process of coming to our planet, and during the last 100 feet of travel they need to turn on bright lights to see where they are going to find someone’s rectum?
It’s a story so often repeated I’m really quite confused over alien intelligence?

You assume they travel in linear fashion like we do. They may know how to travel from one point to another non-linear. I think we are not early as intelligent as we think we are.

I do know there is a species of what is commonly called "Bigfoot" out there. I encountered something during a summer season which could run like Jesse Owens thru dense woods in a pitch black night, throw fifty pound rocks horizontal distances of about 100 feet, and tracked our movements and schedule during the day hours. It lasted an entire summer season and a few weeks of the next year's season as well. I watched something sprinting thru the woods, stopped just short of the edge of the clearing where our cabin was, and hurl a beachball size rock / boulder thru the front door of the building. It exploded and the entire jam, door, and splintered wood hit the opposing wall. The throwing was accompanied by a scream.

One of our party was about 6'3" and weighed about 275lbs of solid muscle. He couldn't throw the same boulder more than ten feet with a running start in the clear.

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posted on 10/15/2013 8:17:37 PM PDT
by blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)

It lasted an entire summer season and a few weeks of the next year's season as well.

You hung around the entire season (and part of the next) with this creature nearby throwing boulders like baseballs? What sort of weaponry did you have to defend yourself in case IT decided to enter your cabin and tear everyone to pieces?

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posted on 10/15/2013 8:26:47 PM PDT
by HerrBlucher
(Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)

> So if they can fold space and time, they can’t accept that as amazing enough to not need to probe my butt?
I accept what you say. I can’t accept what the localized versions of their activities are refined to once they get here.

Either they’re having fun at our expense or fecal matter provides a lot if data about us we don’t know. If they want a human test subject with plenty to sample they can always visit 1600 Pennylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC

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